Berlin (AFP) – Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Robert Andrich scored a 90th minute equaliser to snatch his team a 1-1 draw at Hertha Berlin and avoid a third defeat in four Bundesliga games on Sunday. Former Hertha academy graduate Andrich struck late against his old club to cancel out a brilliant first-half strike from Stevan Jovetic […]

London (AFP) – Mikel Arteta celebrated his 100th game as Arsenal manager with a 1-0 victory against 10-man Watford on Sunday as the resurgent Gunners climbed to fifth in the Premier League. Emile Smith Rowe broke the deadlock in the second half after an inspired performance from Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster had frustrated the hosts, […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Antonio Conte was given an early indication of the huge challenge that lies ahead if he is take Tottenham back to the Champions League as Spurs laboured to a 0-0 draw at Everton on Sunday. A game short on clear-cut chances could easily have ended in Tottenham's sixth defeat in eight league […]

Milan (AFP) – Roma's worrying crash in form continued on Sunday with a shock 3-2 loss at Venezia, a fifth defeat for Jose Mourinho's team just 12 games into the Serie A season. Deservedly a goal ahead at half-time after Eldor Shomurodov and Tammy Abraham had scored following Mattia Caldara's opener for promoted Venezia, Roma […]

London (AFP) – Bruno Fernandes says Manchester United's players should look in the "mirror" after their chastening 2-0 defeat to Manchester City cranked up the pressure on manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. United beat Tottenham convincingly last week to restore some pride following an embarrassing 5-0 home defeat to Liverpool but were palpably second best against […]

Milan (AFP) – Andriy Shevchenko was named new Genoa coach on Sunday, a day after the struggling Serie A club sacked Davide Ballardini following a miserable start to the season. In a statement Genoa said Shevchenko had signed a deal until the end of June 2024, giving the former AC Milan and Ukraine forward his […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Celtic moved to within a point of Scottish Premiership leaders Rangers as on-form duo Jota and Kyogo Furuhashi both scored twice in a 4-2 win at Dundee on Sunday. The Hoops are now unbeaten in eight games as Ange Postecoglou's rebuild takes shape thanks in large part to two of his summer […]

London (AFP) – Dean Smith has been sacked as manager of Aston Villa after five straight Premier League defeats, the club announced on Sunday. Smith guided Villa back to the top flight in 2019 but has paid the price for their disappointing form this season. The club were 15th in the Premier League table ahead […]

London (AFP) – Former Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has been appointed as Middlesbrough's new manager following the departure of Neil Warnock, the Championship club announced on Sunday. Warnock, who has taken charge of a record 1,603 games with English league clubs, left second-tier Middlesbrough by mutual consent on Saturday following his team's 1-1 draw at West Brom. Wilder […]

Madrid (AFP) – Xavi Hernandez has been waiting to be Barcelona's coach for six years and preparing for much longer but he could never have imagined it would come like this. After his last game playing for Barcelona in 2015, Xavi stood on the pitch at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin with his left hand […]

Bordeaux (AFP) – Neymar suggested that speculation about his decline was premature with two sharply taken first-half goals on Saturday as Paris Saint-Germain hung on to win 3-2 at Bordeaux in Ligue 1. The Brazilian had only scored one goal for PSG this season, and that was a penalty in September, but he struck from […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Ansu Fati suffered another injury on Saturday as he was forced off during Barcelona's La Liga game against Celta Vigo, on the same day Xavi Hernandez was appointed coach. Fati sustained a hamstring injury, which will be a big concern for Xavi and a blow for the Spanish national team, who confirmed […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona threw away a three-goal half-time lead on the day Xavi Hernandez was appointed coach as Celta Vigo scored in the 96th minute to complete a stunning comeback in La Liga on Saturday. Real Madrid then held off Rayo Vallecano's revival to win 2-1 and return to the top of the table, […]

London (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is under renewed pressure after Manchester United were outclassed 2-0 by Manchester City on Saturday as Norwich sacked manager Daniel Farke despite their first Premier League win of the season. Struggling Burnley struck late to draw 1-1 at Chelsea while Eddie Howe watched a 1-1 draw from the stands […]

London (AFP) – Norwich sacked manager Daniel Farke on Saturday, hours after they beat Brentford to register their first Premier League win of the season. The 45-year-old German had been under increasing pressure after the Canaries failed to win any of their opening 10 games on their return to the Premier League. "In continuing to […]